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National Archives Protection Act

To amend title 44, United States Code, to prohibit the closure of Federal records centers, and for other purposes.

Introduced Aug 20, 2026

Latest action (Aug 20, 2026) Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Referred to
Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Policy area
Government Operations and Politics
Issues
Civil Rights

Summary
  • Prohibits the Archivist from closing any federal record center or archive facility that was established before the bill's enactment date.
  • Prohibits the Archivist from imposing unreasonable restrictions on public access to any federal record center or archive facility that was established before the bill's enactment date.
  • Prohibits the Archivist from reconstructing, converting, or rehabilitating any federal record center or archive facility if doing so would require the relocation of records for more than 180 days.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
9 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Kevin Mullin’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • Employer not reported $27,140
  • ARTICHOKE JOES $19,800
  • GILEAD SCIENCES $9,500
  • SKYKNIGHT CAPITAL $6,600
  • PETER J MANDELL MD PC $6,600

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Kevin Mullin → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. Aug 20, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. · house
  2. Aug 20, 2026 Introduced in House

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Aug 20, 2026

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

August 20, 2026

Mr. Mullin (for himself, Ms. Chu, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Matsui, and Mr. Khanna) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

A BILL

To amend title 44, United States Code, to prohibit the closure of Federal records centers, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “National Archives Protection Act”.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING THE CLOSURE OF FEDERAL RECORDS CENTERS.

Section 2907 of title 44, United States Code, is amended—

(1) by striking “The” and inserting

“(a) In General.—The”; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

“(b) Prohibition.—The Archivist may not—

“(1) close or impose unreasonable restrictions on public access to any record center or archive facility established before the date of the enactment of this subsection; or

“(2) reconstruct, convert, or rehabilitate any such center or facility if doing so would require the relocation of records for more than 180 days.”. <all>

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